I'm using legacy ASP, as net.framwork is not installed on the IIS. from what 
I can see the best way of acheive what i want is to use span to place combo 
boxes then use xmlhttp to return a combobox into innerhtml of the calling 
form


"Scott M." <s-mar@n...> wrote in message 
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> "Anthony Jones" <Ant@y...> wrote in message 
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>> "Scott M." <s-mar@n...> wrote in message
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>>> Some questions/comments first:
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>>> "John Peach" <john.peach@z...> wrote in message
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>>> > Can any one provide examples or recommend a good tutorial:
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>>> > I want to bind comboboxes using XML written from a server side script
>>> > (ASP). The comboboxes will will be updated dynamically based on the
>>> > selection of the previous box.
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>>> > Can anyone give any assistance
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>>> Why do you need XML in this scenario?
>>> Why would you be using server side script (ASP), rather than ASP.NET?
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>> There are at least two answers to that.
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>> 1) newbies are often unaware that 'classic' ASP exists and are actually
>> refering the ASP.NET when only using ASP.
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>> 2) the OP may have taken up a post where ASP classic is the prevailing
>> technology.
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>> However you're correct.  AJAX controls for ASP.NET 2.0 has a cascading
>> solution which does exactly what the OP is after.
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>> http://ajax.asp.net/ajaxtoolkit/CascadingDropDown/CascadingDropDown.aspx
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> I'm aware of these issues, but I want to know for sure from the OP before 
> I respond with specific answers.
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